House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 12, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1809.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 46, March 11, 2021, Page H1357):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1809, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30656693a8c783664a55729a3f2a1423dc28327ac69a63b4618bd68a97a3bf40
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
43 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 41 Democrats
2 of 43 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Katherine Clark (D-MA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 390 (117th) To redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee as the "Odell Horton Federal Building".
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- H.R. 5441 (117th) PAST Act of 2022
- H.R. 1621 (117th) Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021
- H.R. 921 (117th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2021
- H.R. 8558 (117th) Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.